Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What did we hear at Wetzlar a couple of years ago? That the Great War would soon be over and instead of another microscope we're coming out with a small camera which will use two frames of movie film? On 5/28/13 6:13 PM, "Richard S. Taylor" <r.s.taylor at comcast.net> wrote: > Geoff - Yeah, the cat's out of the box, so to speak. I don't know if the > reasoning is faulty or not, but it's hard to understand why Leica would > release such a camera as this into an already competitive market. It also > is > not in keeping with what we heard at Wetzlar a couple of years ago. > > Dick > > > > On May 28, 2013, at 4:59 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > >> No hints from my dealer Richard. I actually know the head folks in Leica >> Australia personally too but they sure won't ever leak on new product >> announcements. Quite rightly so too. >> I do believe that a (real?) photo has leaked now on a rumour site though? >> I >> suspected that people were reading way too much into the teaser ads, >> myself. Based on past public info I doubt that they would have any >> capacity >> or desire for a new interchangeable AF lens range myself nor would a >> cheaper "M" make sense for them. I think the reasoning behind having a >> cheaper smaller M is flawed in any case. >> >> >> *Breathe in, breathe out, move on* -- Jimmy Buffett >> >> Cheers >> Geoff >> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >> >> >> On 29 May 2013 00:00, Richard Taylor <r.s.taylor at comcast.net> wrote: >> >>> No hints from your dealer, then? Sad. >>> >>> Dick >>> >>> >>> >>> On May 27, 2013, at 11:39 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: >>> >>>> Well I would bet beer against a rebadged Fujifilm camera with an M mount >>> ;-) >>>> Guessing is fun. Not long until the 11th. I am going to stay out of the >>> web >>>> groups for a few days from then ;-) >>>> >>>> >>>> *Breathe in, breathe out, move on* -- Jimmy Buffett >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> Geoff >>>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >>>> >>>> >>>> On 28 May 2013 13:32, Richard Taylor <r.s.taylor at comcast.net> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Sooooo, Geoff... anything else you'd care to share with us? ;-) >>>>> >>>>> Dick >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On May 27, 2013, at 8:05 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Nope ;-) >>>>>> On May 28, 2013 10:03 AM, "Lawrence Zeitlin" <lrzeitlin at aol.com> >>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> My guess is that the Leica mini m is simply a rebaged and >>>>>>> cosmetically >>>>>>> altered Fuji x, possibly with an M mount. Leica and Fuji have had a >>> long >>>>>>> relationship. Remember that the first Leica digitals were Fujis. The >>>>>>> Digilux was a Fuji MX-700, the Digilux Zoom, a Fuji MX-1700, and the >>>>> Diglux >>>>>>> 4.3, a Fuji 4700 Zoom. Back in the film days Leica had a relationship >>>>> with >>>>>>> Minolta. The Leica CL was a Minolta product. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> What better, cheaper, and more expedient way to fill a marketing void >>>>> than >>>>>>> simply putting your name on someone else's product. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Larry Z >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ______________________________**_________________ >>>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug< >>>>> http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for more information >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/